The following reply was made to PR ports/154655; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Norm Ahlquist <norm at mselectron.net>
To: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org
Cc: joe at zircon.seattle.wa.us
Subject: Re: [jmk] Re: ports/154655: Retrieval of the files for the 'shells/ksh93'
port fails
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:14:18 -0800 (PST)
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011, Edwin Groothuis wrote:
> Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:10:14 UT
> From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin at FreeBSD.org>
> Reply-To: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org
> To: joe at zircon.seattle.wa.us
> Cc: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org
> Subject: [jmk] Re: ports/154655: Retrieval of the files for the 'shells/ksh93'
> port fails
>
> Maintainer of shells/ksh93,
>
> Please note that PR ports/154655 has just been submitted.
>
> If it contains a patch for an upgrade, an enhancement or a bug fix
> you agree on, reply to this email stating that you approve the patch
> and a committer will take care of it.
>
> The full text of the PR can be found at:
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/154655
>
> --
> Edwin Groothuis via the GNATS Auto Assign Tool
> edwin at FreeBSD.org
>
Hello all,
I am sad to inform you that Joe Kelsey unexpectedly passed away on 18 Jan 2011.
He was 55.
I have been handling his email since then, and on the ast-users list there
is a new version of ksh93 (echo $KSH_VERSION gives "Version JM 93u 2011-02-08").
Changeing the line "VERSION= 2010-03-09" to "VERSION= 2011-02-08"
in /usr/ports/shells/ksh93/Makefile and running "make makesum" allows it
to build, and AFAIKT it works properly.
I believe $SOMEONE should make this change to the port and commit it.
I don't trust my patch fu to JustDoIt myself.
I have known Joe for 36 years, and he introduced me to freeBSD in 1999.
I will watch his email for things like this, but I am not sure I know
enough to be the maintainer (even though this one looks easy).
Let me know what people decide.
Regards,
Norm
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Norm Ahlquist
norm at mselectron.netnorm-ksh at zircon.seattle.wa.us